📣 🥳 We're excited to share that we have acquired rights to 'Alex and the Squid' written by Meghan Wilson Duff (@mwduff.bsky.social) and illustrated by Nathalie Dieterlé – coming Autumn 2026! When Alex doesn’t have money for the school book fair, he makes a decision with giant consequences.

✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘When I Grow Up I Want to be a Chair’ written by Ryan Rae Harbuck and illustrated by Barry Lee! Purchase ‘When I Grow Up I Want to be a Chair’ now 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/when-i-grow-...

'When I Grow Up I Want to be a Chair' is available April 7th ⭐🦽💜 "Focused on a child’s shifting self-image, it’s a complex exploration of autonomy, identity, and support" – Publishers Weekly Preorder now 👉 barefootbooks.com/when-i-grow-...

We're thrilled to share that 'Music of the Mountains', written by @sabrinashahauthor.bsky.social and illustrated by Manal Mirza has been selected for inclusion in The Reading Agency's Summer Reading Challenge 2026, "Read to the Beat!" 💃 🎶 Check it out 👉 bit.ly/4ccV8mt

'America's Founding Myths...And What REALLY Happened!' is available May 26 🇺🇸🌟💡 ★ "Mihaly delivers refreshing doses of reality that will deepen any reader’s understanding of our nation’s complex history and values" – Booklist Preorder 👉 shorturl.at/NAGAP

Happy #BookBirthday to MARI AND THE GREAT MARKET SWAP from @barefootbooks.bsky.social which @slj.com praises as “A ­vibrant tale of island life, quick thinking, and community building, ripe for the classroom or group sharing” www.slj.com/review/mari-...

✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Mari and the Great Market Swap’! "A ­vibrant tale of island life, quick thinking, and community building, ripe for the classroom or group sharing" – School Library Journal Purchase ‘Mari and the Great Market Swap’ NOW 👉 shorturl.at/z5c99

We're exhibiting at The Montessori Event! Now through Sunday, stop by booth #654 to learn more about our titles and walk away with some new books. Our amazing Community Bookseller, Kim McGuire, will be onsite and ready to help you purchase books for your classroom.

'Mari and the Great Market Swap' is available March 24 🥭☀️🌴 "A charming island tale with a message of community and connection” – Kirkus Reviews

SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND has been long-listed for the Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award! 🎉 Go to everychildareader.net/anna/ to vote for YOUR favorites to make the short-list by APRIL 17! (EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO VOTE!) @barefootbooks.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social

Congratulations to @barefootbooks.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social and all! "Children’s Choice Awards, established by IBC...were won by Won’t Go!, Cloud Boy, and Supa Nova by Chanté Timothy...Primary school children across the country voted" www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/blog/six-wom...

Congratulations #CicadaBooks @florisbooks.bsky.social @postwavebooks.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social #TapiocaStories @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social @flowerpotpress.bsky.social @crestonbooks.bsky.social @helvetiq.bsky.social

“Inspired by her home...Janelle Springer-Willms beautifully intertwines the Bajan Creole language throughout the text alongside illustrations of Barbados’ rich culture & community” by Juliana Eigner MARI AND THE GREAT MARKET SWAP for @barefootbooks.bsky.social www.booklistonline.com/products/981...

Won't Go! is an IBC Children's Choice Awards in the Baby and Toddler Books category! 🎉 Congratulations to author Sumana Seeboruth and illustrator Fotini Tikkou ✨

Rise Up! is a 2026 Notable Social Studies Trade Book! Check it out! 👉 bit.ly/37CqJdr #NSSTB2026

Happy book birthday to our brand new Baby Animals Know & Grow series! 🎂 🎉 Young animals know how to do so much, but there is always more to learn! Buy now 👉 tinyurl.com/y9ujmxer

Coming in May from @barefootbooks.bsky.social AMERICA'S FOUNDING MYTHS...AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED is “Playful, provocative, and packed with perspective” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

We are thrilled to share that 'Of the Sun' is a Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award winner! 🎉 🤩 Congratulations to author Xelena González and illustrator Emily Kewageshig! Thank you to Texas State University College of Education for this honor.

Our wonderful publicists, Publisher Spotlight, are doing a webinar tomorrow, featuring our book 'Zamzam for Everyone'! "Books to Ignite & Delight Young Readers" on Tuesday, February 24 @ 1pm EST Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/3ed36whz

“Kwesi is burdened by his fear of swimming…Nana Ruby is scared too…. Together, they learn to face their fear, and learn to swim” KWESI AND NANA RUBY LEARN TO SWIM is an #EmpathyAward winner @barefootbooks.bsky.social empathylab.uk/wp-content/u...

✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Breathe Deep’ written by GRAMMY®-winner Joanie Leeds and illustrated by Bárbara Quintino! Buy ‘Breathe Deep’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/breathe-deep

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Iranian-American illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh from Home Away from Home by Nazneen Akbari. Hand-painted section of a spread, with a deliberately childlike charm, from a picturebook about growing up with two cultures. Barefoot Books 2 February. @barefootbooks.bsky.social

Happy #BookBirthday @barefootbooks.bsky.social BREATHE DEEP provides “useful and simple guidance for helping preschoolers quiet their roiling emotions” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Thank you @antswilkinson.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social for today’s picture book post. Looking forward to reading Breathe Deep by Joanie Leeds & Bárbara Quintino and Home Away from Home by Nazneen Akbari & Rashin Kheiriyeh. Both for 3+ readers.

Check out my chat with debut author Nazneen Akbari about her inspiration and insights into her touching picture book - Home Away From Home. mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... Rashin Kheiriyeh @barefootbooks.bsky.social #interview #kidlit #grandparents #family📚👍

We are so excited that 'Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim' is featured in the 2026 Read for Empathy collection! 📚🌀 As an international publisher founded in the UK, we're proud to support the UK's National Year of Reading #GOALLIN

✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Home Away from Home’ written by Nazneen Akbari and illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh! Purchase ‘Home Away from Home’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/home-away-fr...

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, HOME AWAY FROM HOME by Nazneen Akbari, illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh (@barefootbooks.bsky.social) out on Feb. 3. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2026/01/the-... (+ more ways to win)

'Home Away from Home' is available February 3! 🕌🩷 Nuha is already worried about spending the summer in Oman. When she leaves behind her dearest doll, how will she possibly feel at home in Oman now? Written by Nazneen Akbari Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh

📣 🥳 We’re excited to share that Barefoot Books Creative Development Director, Kate DePalma, has acquired rights to ‘OOPS! I Just Ate You’, written by Ævar Þór Benediktsson and illustrated by Joaquín Camp – coming Autumn 2026!

A trio of #picturebooks to encourage sharing thankfulness in the new year comes from @slj.com feature including ZAMZAM FOR EVERYONE from @barefootbooks.bsky.social www.slj.com/story/review...

✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ written by Razeena Omar Gutta and illustrated by Bassent Dawoud! Purchase ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/zamzam-for-e...

Kindness to others , generosity and thankfulness are key in #ZamzamforEveryone - a heartwarming story Razeena Omar Gutta and Bassent Dawoud @barefootbooks.bsky.social - it’s #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dzE

Happy #BookBirthday to @barefootbooks.bsky.social ZAMZAM FOR EVERYONE receives a #StarredReview saying it “will be equally enjoyed by children who already know about Hajj and by those who are learning of it for the first time” www.slj.com/review/zamza...

“Kindness, generosity to others and thankfulness are key in this heartwarming story” ZAMZAM FOR EVERYONE from @barefootbooks.bsky.social redreadinghub.blog/2026/01/20/z...

#TranslationTuesday ¡Muy Verde! / Too Green “takes the reader on the emotional rollercoaster of a young boy whose helpful hands in the kitchen open the door to an unfamiliar looking food” Bilingual Spanish and English from @barefootbooks.bsky.social sliscrimsonreview.blogspot.com/2025/12/muy-...

OF THE SUN from @barefootbooks.bsky.social is “Visually rich, textually potent, a brief book that speaks volumes” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

'Won't Go!' is an 2026 Inclusive Books for Children Awards shortlist title in the Baby & Toddler category! This adorable board book written by Sumana Seeboruth and illustrated by Fotini Tikkou follows a toddler as she learns to transition from one activity to the next.

Don't miss out – it's the LAST DAY of our LAST CHANCE to Save sale! ✨ 🎁🏷️ Use code SNUGGLE25 for 20% off sitewide now through midnight. Don't miss out on our last sale of the year! ⭐⛄ Shop now 👉 kntn.ly/aea387d8

It's your LAST CHANCE to save! ✨ 🎁🏷️ Use code SNUGGLE25 for 20% off sitewide now through December 15th. Don't miss out on the last sale of the year! ⭐⛄ Shop now 👉 kntn.ly/aea387d8

Our FLASH SALE starts today! ⚡🎁🏷️ Use code FLASH25 for 20% off ALL SETS now through December 8th. Shop now 👉 tinyurl.com/3eur7b2r

📣✨ HEADS UP! Today’s book introduces children to the Jewish memorial tradition of a yahrzeit candle. 🕯️THE REMEMBERING CANDLE shows how sharing memories of loved ones can help us with grief. ❤️ Written by @alisongoldberg.bsky.social and illustrated by Selina Alko. From @barefootbooks.bsky.social

This week’s #PictureBookFriday review is for the beautiful The Tiny Baker by Hayley Barrett, illustrated by Alison Jay. Out now for 3+ readers from @barefootbooks.bsky.social @antswilkinson.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/t...

I’ll See You in Ijebu gives #picturebook readers a “loving embrace of faith and family and a wonderful window into Nigerian culture” @barefootbooks.bsky.social Booth 701 #NCSS2025 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

'Zamzam for Everyone' is available January 20 🕋💧☪️ As Mariam begins her Hajj – the annual pilgrimage to the Ka’aba in the city of Makkah – she decides to share blessed Zamzam water with everyone she meets. Watch the trailer 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQQb...

It's the LAST DAY of our BIGGEST SALE of the year! ✨🎁 Don't miss out – take 25% off sitewide with code FUNGIFTS until midnight tonight. Happy holiday shopping!

✨Newly Acquired✨ We are excited to announce that Barefoot Books Design Director Sarah Soldano has acquired 'Look at the City' and 'Look at the Farm'! These concertina books for babies explore the sights of the city and farm. Coming Spring 2026!

At 8 make your way to Booth 200 to discover the bilingual line driven by the needs of diverse communities spearheaded by @barefootbook.bsky.social with #kidsbooks now available in 9 different languages with English bilingualism included youtu.be/8SiFzqM8DzA?...

🦃✨We are grateful for you! As you think about #Thanksgiving #lessonplans & activities for home, here are some diverse suggestions that will delight young readers & help lighten the load around holiday planning: www.kidlit.tv/kids-books-a... @barefootbooks.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social

It's our BIGGEST SALE of the year! ⭐🎁🏷️ Use code FUNGIFTS for 25% off sitewide now through December 1st. Shop now 👉 tinyurl.com/3eur7b2r